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Course Details
Course Name: Environmental Law for Attorneys and LSRPs
Course Code: EL0106CA25
Date: April 2, 2025
Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (Check-in time: 8:00 am)
Location: Rutgers EcoComplex, 1200 Florence Columbus Rd., Bordentown, NJ 08505 (Directions)
Format: In-person classroom course
Registration Fee: $315 per person
Multi Person Discount Fee: $295 per person (Save when you sign up with a colleague!)
Registration Closes: April 1, 2025 at 10:00 am
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Course Overview
The Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast (BCONE) is co-hosting this course with the Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education.
Attorneys and LSRPs will walk away from this course with better understandings of their roles under federal remediation law and NJ’s legal framework, which is so much more than the Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA).
This class is “Team” taught by NJ’s top environmental attorneys, LSRPs, and regulators so that all parties understand the perspectives, roles, and responsibilities of the other project members. Major case law decisions and site remediation case studies will be presented to demonstrate the different roles and viewpoints of all members of the Team. A client’s perspective also will be included.
Each featured topic listed below begins with a lightning-round overview of the important statutes, regulations, and case law as it relates to the subject area so that all discussions have context. Following each overview, Teams will present their coordinated real-world perspectives on the operation of the law in question from a permitting, enforcement, and litigation point of view as it relates to attorneys, LSRPs, and their remediation projects.
Featured Topics
- Environmental Due Diligence: How Much Diligence is Due?
- Dispute Resolution
- The Legal Landscape of PFAs
- The Scales of Environmental Justice at Play
- Is the LSRP Program Proceeding as Originally Planned?
- Fan Favorite Hot Topics!
Course Agenda
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 – 8:40 am | Introduction | |
| 8:40 – 9:50 am | Environmental Due Diligence: How Much Diligence is Due? | Bill Beneduce, Esq., Norris McLaughlin David Mairo, Esq., CSG Law Chemmie Sokolic, Falcon Real Estate Group |
| 9:50 – 10:30 am | Dispute Resolution | Patrick Mottola, Esq., CSG Law Kathleen Stetser, GEI Consultants |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am | Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:00 pm | The Legal Landscape of PFAs | Debra Rosen, Esq., Archer Attorneys at Law Caryn Barnes, LSRP, Langan |
| 12:00 – 12:45 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:45 – 1:45 pm | The Scales of Environmental Justice at Play | Jessica Palmer, Esq., Attorney General’s Office Sean Moriarty, Esq., NJDEP |
| 1:45 – 3:00 pm | Is the LSRP Program Proceeding as Originally Planned? | Steve Senior, Esq., Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti Lynne Mitchell, NJDEP Phil Brilliant, Brilliant Environmental Services, LLC |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | Break | |
| 3:15 – 4:30 pm | Fan Favorite Hot Topics! | Frank Boenning, Esq., Franklin W. Boenning, LLC Paul Stofa, Esq., NJDEP |
Who Should Attend?
Designed for professionals with either a legal background or site remediation knowledge, past participants in this course have included:
- Attorneys
- Consultants
- Engineers
- Environmental Compliance Managers
- Geologists
- Hydrogeologists
- Hydrologists
- Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP)
- Plant Managers
- Project Managers
- Remediation Managers
- Researchers
Meet Your Faculty Coordinators
William J. Beneduce, Esq., Norris McLaughlin
William J. Beneduce focuses his practice on all facets of environmental law, including compliance, regulation, transactional, and litigation. Bill assists clients with their complex environmental matters in New Jersey, New York, and abroad. He is experienced in counseling his clients through state and federal environmental regulatory schemes, including site remediation laws, urban redevelopment, CERCLA, RCRA, New Jersey’s Spill Act, Site Remediation Reform Act, ISRA, and OSHA, among many others. He also counsels his clients toward achieving their goals during environmental due diligence, Brownfields redevelopment, and cleanup cost recovery. Bill works with a large segment of the business community, including real estate developers, commercial business owners, shopping center owners, manufacturers, and industrial companies, advising them on environmental laws that relate to the investigation and remediation of contaminated or potentially contaminated properties, underground storage tanks, hazardous waste and materials, insurance coverage, and permitting. Bill helps his clients comply with these complex environmental laws to resolve their land issues and achieve their objectives in a cost-efficient manner. A significant portion of Bill’s practice is dedicated to aiding clients in site remediation so that they can complete pending real estate transactions.
David J. Mairo, Esq., Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomaski PC
David J. Mairo is a member of the firm’s Environmental Group. His practice focuses on environmental law, Brownfields redevelopment, site remediation and regulatory compliance. Utilizing a unique background that combines his technical and legal experience, David counsels clients on issues of compliance, applicability and adequacy of remediation concerning the Site Remediation Reform Act and Industrial Site Recovery Act, as well as a variety of other environmental regulatory and enforcement matters, including negotiations with the NJDEP, permitting, oversight of investigations and cleanups pursuant to the NJDEP Technical Requirements for Site Remediation. He advises clients on Natural Resource Damage assessments and the implications of environmental due diligence associated with the purchase and sale of real estate. David assists clients through the acquisition and redevelopment of brownfield properties. David understands how remediation of the property can be best integrated into its overall redevelopment to realize savings of both time and money. David is familiar with the various insurance products available to either enable a deal to close or to control environmental costs.
Patrick Mottola, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
Patrick is a member of the firm’s Environmental Group. To this role, he brings extensive experience advising industrial, commercial and developer clients on a variety of issues related to Brownfield redevelopment, site remediation, real estate and corporate transactions, regulatory compliance and permitting, and resolution of enforcement and litigated matters. Patrick regularly appears before the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In addition to his legal experience, Patrick previously held managerial roles with GE Capital and a national environmental engineering and consulting firm, where he served as a geologist and project manager. At GE Capital, Patrick served as Senior Manager of Environmental Risk, where he assessed, quantified and managed environmental risk in underwriting complex financing transaction for numerous industries. Patrick has extensive experience as an environmental professional, providing counsel, creative solutions, and management strategies for all types of environmental issues. With extensive background as an environmental lawyer, environmental risk manager and geologist, Patrick evaluates environmental issues holistically by integrating legal, technical, and financial perspectives to serve the business objectives of the client.
Student Reviews
“I love the panel/presenter format. Keeps the flow. Great to see the three different viewpoints on each topic.”
– Past Participant
“Provided an excellent recap of our current regulatory climate.”
– Past Participant
“Informative on new issues and changing regulations.”
– Past Participant
Continuing Education Credits
The Environmental Law for Attorneys and LSRPs course is approved for 0.65 Rutgers CEUs, as well as the following credits from professional organizations.
New Jersey
NJ Continuing Legal Education: 6.5 CLEs – Course No. 269
NJ Drinking Water and Wastewater Operators: 6.75 TCHs (Approval #01-121302-30)
NJ Health Officers and Registered Environmental Health Specialists (HO/REHS): Rutgers University, NJAES, Office of Continuing Professional Education has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Health as a provider of NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs). Participants who complete this education program will be awarded 6.5 NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs) – # 20590.
NJ Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP): 6.5 Regulatory CECs – Course No. 2014-007
NJ Professional Engineers: 6.5 Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Credits
Meals
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided to you at no additional cost.
NOTE: If you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies, please alert us at least one (1) week in advance of the course start date so that we can make reasonable accommodations. We cannot guarantee accommodations for special requests made after that time.
Course Requirements and Policies
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Pre-registration/Walk-Ins
Pre-registration is required. We’re sorry, but we cannot guarantee a seat, materials, or meals for walk-in registrants.
Location Changes
Location is subject to change; registrants will be notified in the event of a change.
Email Requirement
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- If this is your first time registering with us, please provide your own unique email address when registering; do not provide an email address that you share with co-workers.
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- Your full name
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Cancellations and Substitutions
A $75 cancellation fee applies for this course. Substitutions are permitted. View our cancellation policy.
Program Questions? We’re Here to Help!
If you have any questions about Environmental Law for Attorneys and LSRPs, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
Program Coordinator: Pamela Springard-Mayer
848-932-7463
pspring@rutgers.edu
For registration assistance, please contact our Registration Department at 848-932-9271, option 2 or email registration@njaes.rutgers.edu.
